The Washington critic., 1887-08-18

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WASHINGTON, AUGUST Is, 1887.
Mr.. JEFFERSON DAVIS has written
and said good deal this year, for which
he has been more or less criticised. He
has given utteranCr ~ some things that
were not IN the best or taste. In the
opinion of many people he has talked
too much, though It would he difficult
TO assigG any good reason why he
hasn' the same right to make himself
heard ms any other mcmber Of the late
Southern Confoaeracy. But whether
50 or not, II IL li,ll singular that even
among his own people he should be
most harshly condemned for his cX.
prcssions upon great public question,
on which the best nt men differ, and In
regard to which not few of the best
men of the country hold him to be en-
iirely right His letter in opposition
TO prohibition IN Texas embodied
views which are accepted all over the
country rs correct by TIE anti Prohi.
bilionIsts. They contained nothing
particularly new bat simply presented
in digniled and forcible style the side
of controversy with which the ma.
jorlty sentiment of the country un.
doubtedly comedies; yet ino such
partisan shape has the issue resolve
itself in the South that Bishop Gal
loway Of Mississippi is constrained to
indulge in the following high. strung
criticism,
did hope that Mr. Davis stormy life
would have peaceful close; that his sun
would 60 down without heck or cloud In
the sky; hut that unfortunate utterance will
obscure the radiance of his eyentldo and leave
a shadow upon his memory. How sad that
the last words Of a soldier, sage and Christian
should become the shibboleth of the saloons
1t is seldom that a wilder or more
unreasoning assault Is made upon
public man, even In the heat of an uu.
scrupulous political contest That q
high dignitary Of the church should de.
mean himself in this way, at the sacri-
flee both Of common sense and Chris.
tian charity, is almost inconceivable.
AS A whole, the platform of the Re.
publican party of Pennsylvania is about
as partisan as partisanship could make
It. 1t arraigns the Federal Administra.
tion for It's general imbecility," de
nounces President Cleveland for his
endeavors to nurture sectionalism,"
and reiterates the old party cry for a
high tariff. AS 10 Mr. Blaine, 1t dc.
clares that the Republicans of the Key
stone State will view with "high pleas.
ure" his nomination for the Presidency
in 1883, and herewith throws sop to
the Irish. American vote by extending
profound sympathy TO Mr., Gladstone
and his associates in their efforts to
secure political Independence for Ire.
land. To the Prohihitiouists it grants
the recognition Of II resolution In favor
of submitting TO the people a prohibi.
tory amendment to the constitution
Like the Ohio Republicans, however,
the Pennsylvania brethren speak in no
uncertain tone upon the subject of
"Home Rule for America" thus steal
irg the wind out of the sails of the
Democracy on a question that the
latter seem strangely timid in approach
ing. The platform not only protests
against the importation of contract and
pauper labor, but demands the pas.
sage of more vigorous national laws for
the. scrutiny CT immigration and the
return of the unfit and unworthy
declaring "abhorrence of Anarchistic
ideas and propositions destructive of
herights of property and our system
of society and government.
~ All DISPOSED to hold Mr.. Cleveland as u.
safe and courageous EXecutlye remarkable
for having made SO few mistakes. :
There is 10 doubt that the veto of the De-
pendent Pension bill and his proposed return
of the rebel flags to the Southern States have
weakened him among the partisan soldier
element; but these acts will not prove as po-
tential against him as his party opponents
would be glad to have them do. on the
other hand, partisan frenzy in this case, as In
political history generally, will result in
Strengthening the party sought to be broken
and which might have been broken by more
temperate criticism. The mistaken effort 10
exclude the President from st. Louis on the
occasion of the q. A. II, Encampment will In
Al short period illustrate the force of my POSI-
tion."
The above Is the language of a
prominent Wisconsin Republican, ex.
Congressman Tbaddeus @. Pound. 1t
Is the view Of sggacious politician.
1t were better that the rebel flag epi.
sode had not taken place, but the Re.
publican party has certainly gained
nothing by the indiscrect and reckless
use 1t made Of 1t. The error of the
Administration, such ms 1t was, is u
hundred fold oyerba'anGcd and neu.
tralizcd hy the Cgregious blunders of
FahcAild, Tutllu & Co.
SENATOR STANFORD protests that he
never made corrupt use of money to
influence legislatlon; and that ought to
Le answer enough 10 theinterrogatorie3
of the investigating committee. The
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